sebi:EAD/PM-AA/AO/5/2018-19

SEBI · SEBI · 2017-12-14 · Prasanta Mahapatra, Adjudicating Officer

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Facts / Headnote

Show Cause Notice disposed of without imposition of any penalty - violation not established

Provisions invoked

• s. 15I
• s. 15G

Regulations

• Reg. 3(i)
• Reg. 12(2)

Parties

• Devendra Kumar Agrawal

Holding

The alleged violation of Regulation 3(i) of the PIT Regulations, 1992 by the Noticee for selling 600 shares of MCX between July 30 and 31, 2013 was not established, and the Show Cause Notice dated December 14, 2017 was disposed of without imposition of any penalty.

Full text

Adjudication Order in respect of Devendra Kumar Agrawal in the matter of MCX Page 2 of 8 days and impending payment defaults by the members of NSEL and loss of reputation of Promoters and Management of MCX. It was observed that any news impacting business of NSEL will automatically impact share price of its holding company (i.e. FTIL) and associate companies (i.e. MCX) and any news impacting credentials of Promoters and Management of FTIL, NSEL and MCX will also impact the share price of MCX, therefore suspension of trading by NSEL was a negative news. As per the Investigating Authority, the UPSI came into existence on April 27, 2012, upon the issuance of the SCN to NSEL by the DCA and it ceased to exist when NSEL suspended trading in all contracts (except e-series contracts) and deferred settlement of all pending contracts on July 31, 2013.

Adjudication Order in respect of Devendra Kumar Agrawal in the matter of MCX Page 3 of 8 APPOINTMENT OF ADJUDICATING OFFICER

Adjudication Order in respect of Devendra Kumar Agrawal in the matter of MCX Page 4 of 8  The WTM has arrived at a conclusion that i) the UPSI arose as a result of a Show Cause Notice ("SCN") dated April 27, 2012 that was issued by the department of Consumer Affairs to NSEL and ii) th e UPS I pe riod ceased to exist on October 03, 2012 when the information and implication of the said SCN was published in the Economic Times.  It is pertinent to note that upon perusal of the subject SCN, it is SEBI’s own case that our client had sold 600 shares of MCX on July 30 & 31, 2013 and therefore in view of the findings recorded by the WTM, the said trades by our client cannot be said to be based on or during UPSI. Since the

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